Bushi

There's a real irrational, cowardy custard clowner on here doing the dump and run out of spite methinks. I'm looking forward to the day OH forum upgrades the facility so people can be identified by emoji response and I'm going to follow that poster around and leave clowns on all their OH posts. And when they put their toilet lid up at home there's going to be an extra large clown in the bowl looking up at them saying: "Your wig, sir."

For me the bottom line is this: He's either a really good ally to the LGBT+ comm because he knows, or is protecting someone, who is. Or he is.

Oh don't cut and run. That's not polite. Have the bottle to put your name alongside your clown and explain. I'm interested in peoples opinions.

I mean there's someone on Twitter who is putting about rumours Taehyung has a toddler child. Based on 'tarot cards' and surfing gossip sites, no doubt. Almost all the really popular idols have/had rumours, and sometimes crazy, extravagant ones of bad behaviour or sex scandals. In fairness, any of them could have secret kids or be already married/partnered or harbouring criminal records, but there's also a TON of bullshittery floating about with no basis in fact. And a ready audience. Sehun is perfectly entitled to spend his free time doing what he wants but it's amazing how someone can make a statement and it becomes almost flesh. Purely because of the uncertainty coupled with intense desire for a celebrity. I survived OneD and the rumours and alleged scandals were legion. Some were true but lots were just utter tripe. Keep all at arm's length.

That was a really nice post and thank you for sharing your thoughts. Most interesting. The obvious thing to suggest is that, yes, Taehyung has a large network of friends, some of whom we see regularly and others less so. And he has pretty much moved beyond the level of needing to bow to anyone senior these days unless it's someone in government, lol. Also in the walking clip they are being chaperoned (I presume for security reasons), and are rather hemmed in - so naturally are going to be close. But clearly they are very comfortable with each other anyway. As before, his behaviour with this man shouldn't be dismissed imo. They could be close friends, in a sort of musical and friendly mentorship, or something more romantic. It's just nice to see him be able to go out with people he likes and chill. He might have time to do more of what he wants now they seem to be somewhat freed up for however long. Let's see what comes of it.

Good. 'Bout time. I want to see Namjoon apartment hunting in Chicago.

Oof, looks like Tae might be getting a crack at his Big Gay Song after all.

I mean each to their own but I think it's perfectly on topic. If people can post threads re: Tae wearing Chanel (which he's worn for years) that somehow newly intimately link him to Jennie (based on an edited car photo that turned out to be J-Hope by the looks of it) then it's fine to speculate on Taehyung's gay golfing knickers. It's all good.

The usual. Someone takes mega umbrage over the use of a word that THEY decided was offensive, when it clearly has different contexts to others. There's absolutely nothing wrong with fruity. In my country it often means frisky and playful in a semi-sexual way, and is orientation free. I draw the line at people walking in and demanding others limit their language based on one person's personal offense ratings. Just no.

My post wasn't aimed at you btw. The popoff qween knows who she is.

Listen popoff qween, I'm the one who won't be having a 40-page meltdown if Sehun is straight. You're the ultra-emotionally invested one who will literally chew your own arm off if he turns out not to be so straight.

'Nobody' in Korea thinks anyone is gay because they're pre-programmed from birth to deny gay exists. Until, shock, some find out it does. Try any harder and you'll fall off the page.

I remain on the fence about JK but it's worth noting that straight peeps don't have the monopoly on confidence. Or showboating, lol. I don't think the above tells us much about his sexuality. I think it attests more to his fun loving nature.

Like the Irish Bomb guru of random world facts didn't know that Vegas was liberal. He just had to make a fuss.

Rightly or wrongly, my take on the whole Jk/Tae/Bogum thing:

I'm dying. Poor Rap Mon having rubbers thrown at him in class. Lol, bet they'd be worth a fortune now.

Do you have a link to this statistic, please?

Hands up who remembers the Gays?

They're using the internet to bully people on, so ironic. Given that they might not have even had it to use if it weren't for an early computer whizz, Alan Turing. Also treated appallingly back in the day, for being gay. Why can't the Korean powers that be track these online people down though? I don't get it. South Korea is a highly tech savvy nation. Assuming most of it is coming from Koreans, why aren't they tracing their IPs? If they are doing it at a library or school, surely they can look at security cameras and match up who is booked on when. They put out an app during the pandemic that basically tracked their citizens from home to the shop and to extra marital affairs. Yet there seems no incentive or motivation to get to grips with this online bullying and trolling resulting in numerous suicides. It could even be the same group of people who struck with Jonghyun. They've never been caught. How much does shame and embarrassment of the victim's family come into this too? Resulting in even more inaction.

Apologies if already posted, but worth a ponder imo. Not saying it's anything definitive but nice, well-timed, rueful smile there. Interesting.

Not personally, but Richard Madden is thought by many to be. Seems to be in a relationship with Froy Gutierrez. They spend quite a lot of free time in London. Namjoon is my pick for actually the most openly traditional and Korea-focused member, even with his US interests. Hobi I'm not so sure I agree with that assessment, and though I think he did have family/dad pressure, it feels to me as less so now. As if they're the ones that have come round to his life and choices. You may be correct about who he ends up with, who knows. I don't think he's a devotedly straight man in his outlook though. Jungkook, then Yoongi seem to me the least worried about familial/societal pressure, which binds them (there's always been a very strong vibe between these two), though Jk is more open with his non conformity. Even Taehyung seems to be less bothered about societal pressure now than he was. I agree about Jimin, and also I think Jin seems quite happy and content where he is. Rebels from most to least likely: Jungkook Yoongi Taehyung, Hoseok Namjoon Jimin, Jin.

You don't need to feel obliged to change your mind for anyone though. It's always good to hear different views, but none of us know for sure. We're all outsiders looking in on an often edited, scripted world that also has its moments of spontaneity. You might be way off base, but you might be closer to the mark than not. Who knows, right? And to the person clowning newbies, just sit your tush down for 5 minutes. Don't try and run new people off the land just because you're stll chafing at BTS talk on a gay thread. Give it a rest.

It's certainly interesting, and although Taehyung seems to have a large circle of friends, if he was doing this with a woman, on some special day, the internet would have collapsed in minutes. If you want to go down that road (personally I'm staying neutral for now unless this guy pops up enough times and in situations where it becomes pretty much 'I hear ya, dude,' short of them openly saying it) but it does nothing to dispel the very real fact that many young gayers date older guys for the experience and status. But again, he has a lot of friends, so it might be no more than that. People joining random dots and making the Mona Lisa. All we can do is observe and see if he's a recurring presence. Personally I think it's nice, be he a buddy or more. People grow, change, date, make new platonic friends. It's all good. Ps, 40 isn't 'old.' Some of BTS are only 10 years off 40!

Here comes me with the feeling that the especially infantilised, mollycoddled idols are the ones that often turn out to be less passive and sweet than fans think. This fixation loads of fans have with treating these men like flawless, naive babies is cringeworty. I don't want to see rape anywhere, and especially not brought to the ONE relatively safe LGBT haven. With a load of 'what a cutee baby he is' tacked onto it. Rollocks to that. Let's get it clear. If it's his shit, he's a grown man, obviously indulging in grown up fantasy, or at least keen on collecting and storing it for whatever reason. I've never particularly liked this guy, and I like him even less now. I'll bow out for the next 200 pages of people trying to justify why he's so fabulous.

I think the Instagram accounts were kind of on the backburner anyway, but were fired up to really coincide with this Chako 7 Fates thing. This is moving into the era of the 'individual' within BTS. Rather than continuing the 'Seven Guys Sleep In A Giant Bed And Tickle Each Others Feet' eras. I know they were never quite as intense as that, but they have certainly been promoted in a more 'group dependency' way, shall we say. I expect there'll be more upcoming BTS personal freedoms - within acceptable K-pop limits (suspect HYBE will want to avoid deliberately encouraged, product unfriendly, mass meltdowns. Unless Jk says fuck it, and goes out on the town again ). A bit of possible gay innuendo or nudge, wink on Instagram is far likelier to be forgotten by the ARMY masses than one of them being seen 'out with a girl.'